STARLIGHT EXPRESS – London, UK – 1988

Gary Cordice (Rusty), Kim Leeson (Pearl), Drue Williams (Greaseball), Maynard Williams (Electra), Dawn Buckland (u/s Dinah), Shezwae Powell (Belle), Peter Reeves (Caboose) Size: 3.58 GB Quality: C Notes: Extreme gen loss and you can barely see anything but colours. There are separate cameras for the race scenes, which look great. Maynard Williams is playing Electra, but AC/DC is dubbed over with Koffi Missah’s version and No Comeback is dubbed over…

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE – Wiesbaden, Germany – 1994

Till Krabbe (George/Georges Seurat), Mandy Büchner (Dot/Marie), Dietrich Volle (Jules), Niklaus Scheibli (Franz), Tania-Marie Williams (Nurse), Raphaela Weil (Celeste #1), Andreas Mach (Soldier) Size: 3.66 GB Quality: B Notes: Beautiful production recreating original Broadway staging; full stage shot by in-house camera.

SUNSET BOULEVARD – London, UK – 1995

Betty Buckley (Norma Desmond), Glyn Kerslake (u/s Joe Gillis), Anita Louise Combe (Betty Schaefer), Michael Bauer (Max Von Mayerling) Size: 4.64 GB Quality: B+ Notes: By far one of the best video of the original productions of Sunset Boulevard. Camera is very stable and recorded from the stalls, I believe. A range of wide-shots, closeups and mediums. Suffered generation loss, colors are weird, soundboard audio. Joe is played by Glyn…

SUNSET BOULEVARD – Wichita, KS – July 9, 2011

Ann Morrison (Norma Desmond), Chris Peluso (Joe Gillis), Nicholas Saverine (Max von Mayerling), Kaleigh Cronin (Betty Schaeffer), Cody Davis (Artie Green), Charles Parker (Cecil B. DeMille), Timothy W Robu (Sheldrake) Size: 6.30 GB Quality: A+ Notes: Music Theatre of Wichita. Sometimes skips a few seconds. Minimal in Act 1, but get’s worse in Act 2.

SWEENEY TODD – Budapest, Hungary – 1992

Koós János (Sweeney Todd), Zsuzsa Lehoczky (Mrs. Lovett), Attila Bardoczy (Anthony Hope), Vásári Mónika (Johanna), Palócz László (Judge Turpin), Kállóy Molnár Péter (Tobias Ragg), Karizs Béla (Beadle Bamford), Kishonti Ildikó (Beggar Woman), Korcsmáros Péter (Adolfo Pirelli) Size: 3.94 GB Quality: B Notes: Includes trailer and Werkfilm/clips of TV coverage of the production.

SWEENEY TODD – London, UK – 2011

Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Imelda Staunton (Mrs. Lovett), Luke Brady (Anthony Hope), Lucy May Barker (Johanna), John Bowe (Judge Turpin), James McConville (Tobias Ragg), Peter Polycarpou (Beadle Bamford), Gillian Kirkpatrick (Beggar Woman), Rob Burt (Adolfo Pirelli) Size: 4.32 GB Quality: B+ Notes: Press footage inserted for A Little Priest and Epiphany.

SWEENEY TODD – Sydney, Australia – February 8, 2007

Peter Coleman-Wright (Sweeney Todd), Judi Connelli (Mrs. Lovett), Alexander Lewis (Anthony Hope), Antoinette Halloran (Johanna), John Bolton Wood (Judge Turpin), Rodney Dobson (Tobias Ragg), Geoffrey Harris (Beadle Bamford), Rosemarie Arthars (Beggar Woman), Kanen Breen (Adolfo Pirelli), Andrew Moran (Jonas Fogg), Luke Gabbedy (Bird Seller) Size: 2.16 GB Quality: B+ Notes: Opera Australia

SWEENEY TODD – Tel Aviv, Israel – 1991

Timothy Nolen (Sweeney Todd), Robin Weisel Capsouto (Mrs Lovett), Eli Gorenstein (Judge Turpin), Yuval Zamir (Beadle Bamford), Sassi Keshet (Adolfo Pirelli), Jeffry Reynolds (Anthony Hope), Suzan Hanson (Johanna), Roger Bart (Tobias) Size: 2.75 GB Quality: B- Notes: Sung in English

SWEENEY TODD – The Netherlands – 1993

Ernst Daniël Smid (Sweeney Todd), Simone Kleinsma (Mrs. Lovett), Bas Groenenberg (Anthony Hope), Petra Berger (Johanna), Jimmy Hutchinson (Judge Turpin), Rolf Koster (Tobias Ragg), Wil van der Meer (Beadle Bamford), Ineke van Klinken (Beggar Woman) Size: 3.38 GB Quality: B+ Notes: Generation loss and color saturation.

SWEENEY TODD – Third UK Tour – 2006

Jason Donovan (Sweeney Todd), Harriet Thorpe (Mrs. Lovett), Greg Barnett (Anthony Hope), Joanna Hickman (Johanna), Oliver Beamish (Judge Turpin), James Spilling (Tobias Ragg), Peter Head (Beadle Bamford), Gemma Page (Beggar Woman), Susannah Van Den Berg (Adolfo Pirelli) Size: 2.14 GB Quality: B Notes: Based on the 2005 Broadway revival directed by John Doyle. This production ran in Spring of 2006 and featured many of the shows performers playing the instruments…

SWEET CHARITY – New York – June 15, 1998

Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Debbie Allen, Donna McKechnie, Helen Gallagher, Jim Dale, Brian Stokes Mitchell, John McMartin, Robert Goulet, Dom DeLuise, Hinton Battle, Marla Maples, Marisa Tomei, Betty Buckley, Lillias White, Pamela Isaacs, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Arthur, Ed Koch, David N. Dinkins, Cy Coleman, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Bianca, Chuck Cooper, Lloyd Culbreath, David Warren-Gibson Size: 4.15 GB Quality: A Notes: IN CONCERT. AF for AIDS Research and…

SWEET CHARITY – Wichita, KS – 1993

Robin Taylor (Charity Hope Valentine), Wayne Bryan (Oscar Lindquist), Patrick Greene (Vittorio Vidal), Karen Curlee (Nickie), Steve Razier (Daddy Brubeck), Timothy W. Robu (Herman), Lauren Kennedy (Ensemble) Size: 3.54 GB Quality: A- Notes: Music Theatre of Wichita

SWEET CHARITY – Wichita, KS – June, 2006

Nance Lemenager (Charity Hope Valentine), John Scherer (Oscar Lindquist), Shaun-Michael Morse (Vittorio Vidal), Ellyn Marie Marsh (Nickie), Thomas Wesley Douglas (Daddy Brubeck), Timothy W. Robu (Herman) Size: 8.21 GB Quality: A+ Notes: Music Theatre of Wichita. Act 1 is from the June 23 matinee performance. Act 2 is from the June 22 evening performance.

TANZ DER VAMPIRE – St. Petersburg, Russia – February, 2012

Rostislav Kolpakov (Krolock), Elena Gazaeva (Sarah), Georgiy Novitskiy (Alfred), Andrey Matveev (Abronsius), Natalia Bogdanis (Magda), Kirill Gordeev (Herbert), Konstantin Kitanin (Chagal), Manana Gogitidze (Rebecca), Aleksandr Chubatyi (Koukol) Size: 3.38 GB Quality: A- Notes: VTS_01.0.BUP file missing. Also listed as September 2011 and some other dates.